Reasons why the 50s were the best decade for America.
1. The music was great, early rock, high point of jazz, swing, blues, etc.
2. Casual by 50s standards is formal by todays standards. In short people didn't dress like the homeless, intentionally of course.
3. Even gangsters had style. Leather jackets for the lesser gangs and in the case of the mafia, business suits. Best part was gang crime was something to worry about. These gangsters had money, there is is reason why current gangs dress like crap, they can't afford anything better. Oh and gang crimes weren't about "that dick stole my hoe" no they were the serious stuff, the kind of things people actually fight wars over.
4. Speaking of war, this was the atomic age! You could go to hotels and watch atomic bombs go off! Go on youtube and look at any nuclear explosion, after watching a few you would hope that you would get to see these (from a safe distance) any day!
5. The cold war was also prominent, daily reports about the communist scum united the country.
6. Huge technological breakthrough! Widespread use of televisions! Many home appliances that are considered a necessity today were produced in the 50s. Early computers got their start. They were big and cumbersome and and you're cell phone probably has more computing power than 200 of them but nonetheless they were still computers!
7. Television was epic! A good chunk of all the classic television shows have 50s roots like the Flintstones and the Jetsons and of course the Twilight Zone.
8. First highways were constructed.
9. Aircraft to transport civilians started to become practical.
10. The economy was good. Stocks were up, gas prices were low, there were few homeless, everyone lived in large country estates, suburbs, or pricey city apartments.
Reasons why the 50s were the best decade for America.
1. The music was great, early rock, high point of jazz, swing, blues, etc.
2. Casual by 50s standards is formal by todays standards. In short people didn't dress like the homeless, intentionally of course.
3. Even gangsters had style. Leather jackets for the lesser gangs and in the case of the mafia, business suits. Best part was gang crime was something to worry about. These gangsters had money, there is is reason why current gangs dress like crap, they can't afford anything better. Oh and gang crimes weren't about "that dick stole my hoe" no they were the serious stuff, the kind of things people actually fight wars over.
4. Speaking of war, this was the atomic age! You could go to hotels and watch atomic bombs go off! Go on youtube and look at any nuclear explosion, after watching a few you would hope that you would get to see these (from a safe distance) any day!
5. The cold war was also prominent, daily reports about the communist scum united the country.
6. Huge technological breakthrough! Widespread use of televisions! Many home appliances that are considered a necessity today were produced in the 50s. Early computers got their start. They were big and cumbersome and and you're cell phone probably has more computing power than 200 of them but nonetheless they were still computers!
7. Television was epic! A good chunk of all the classic television shows have 50s roots like the Flintstones and the Jetsons and of course the Twilight Zone.
8. First highways were constructed.
9. Aircraft to transport civilians started to become practical.
10. The economy was good. Stocks were up, gas prices were low, there were few homeless, everyone lived in large country estates, suburbs, or pricey city apartments.